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Dorothy Allison Quotes

Dorothy Allison quotes

American Writer April 11, 1949

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... suffering does not ennoble. It destroys. To resist destruction, self-hatred, or lifelong hopelessness, we have to throw off the conditioning of being despised, the fear of becoming the they that is talked about so dismissively, to refuse lying myths and easy moralities, to see ourselves as human, flawed, and extraordinary. All of us extraordinary Dorothy Allison
Mama learned to laugh with them, before they could laugh at her, and to do it so well no one could be sure what she really thought or felt. Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison quote: "Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the..."
Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives. Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison quote: "Write to your fear."
Write to your fear. Dorothy Allison
Never give anyone the satisfaction of denying you something you need, and for that, what you have to do is to learn to need nothing. Starve the wanting part of you. Dorothy Allison, “Mama” Trash Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison quote: "Things come apart so easily when they have been held together..."
Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison quote: "Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning."
Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning. Dorothy Allison
Write the story that you were always afraid to tell. I swear to you that there is magic in it, and if you show yourself naked for me, I'll be naked for you. It will be our covenant Dorothy Allison
He never said "Don't tell your mama." He never had to say it. I did not know how to tell anyone what I felt, what scared me and shamed me... (109) Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison quote: "Why write stories? To join the conversation."
Why write stories? To join the conversation. Dorothy Allison
Twenty years after we had left so fierce and proud, we were all right back where we had started, yoked to each other and the same old drama. Dorothy Allison
The only magic we have is what we make in ourselves, the muscles we build up on the inside, the sense of belief we create from nothing. Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison quote: "Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd..."
Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me. Dorothy Allison
Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside. Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison quote: "I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river...."
I fell into shame like a suicide throws herself into a river. (253) Dorothy Allison

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